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The Abundant Life of the Hoh Rain Forest

The Abundant Life of the Hoh Rain Forest

byThomas S. Bremer

The Hoh Rain Forest waits as a patient guide, a moss-embroidered forest of wisdom, lined with ferns and storied over with trees older than memory.

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The unheard songs of Saddleback Mountain

The unheard songs of Saddleback Mountain

byThomas S. Bremer

Saddleback Mountain stands silent, motionless, stoic above frantic, superficial California as a reminder that some remnant of wildness persists beyond the freeways and strip malls.

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Grieving and Gratitude: A Remembrance of Lindsay Jones

Grieving and Gratitude: A Remembrance of Lindsay Jones

byThomas S. Bremer

My remembrance of and tribute to Lindsay Jones, a great teacher, a great friend, and an exemplary human being.

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The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River

byThomas S. Bremer

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is unlike any other canyon in color, charm, in picturesque calendar-ready beauty, wild and frightening.

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Morning on the Riverwalk along the San Antonio River

Morning on the Riverwalk along the San Antonio River

byThomas S. Bremer

I greet the day with delight in the cool air of dawn. I am happily surprised to find a sliver of solitude along the San Antonio riverwalk.

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Floral portraits

Floral portraits

byThomas S. Bremer

In these flower portraits, the colors, textures, and exquisite delicacy of blooming plants are an appealing target for my lens.

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American Sacred Space in the Twenty-first Century

American Sacred Space in the Twenty-first Century

byThomas S. Bremer

Americans have always been ambivalent about the sacredness of their land, which has made American sacred space a story of perpetual conflict.

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Trekking through the Yellowstone “Museum of Wonders”

Trekking through the Yellowstone “Museum of Wonders”

byThomas S. Bremer

Wonder-Land Illustrated by Harry J. Norton, published in 1873, was one of the first tourbooks recounting the Yellowstone experience for a general audience.

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A Civilized Savagery: Rev. Stanley’s ruminations on his way to Yellowstone

A Civilized Savagery: Rev. Stanley’s ruminations on his way to Yellowstone

byThomas S. Bremer

Rev. Edwin J. Stanley’s 1873 tour of Yellowstone made him a witness to “the scepter of the irrepressible white man” in the divine right of Manifest Destiny.

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Holy Dirt: Review of The Healing Power of the Santuario de Chimayó

Holy Dirt: Review of The Healing Power of the Santuario de Chimayó

byThomas S. Bremer

Review of “The Healing Power of the Santuario de Chimayó: America’s Miraculous Church” by Brett Hendrickson.

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Are national parks really America’s best idea?

Are national parks really America’s best idea?

byThomas S. Bremer

The “best idea” of creating national parks involved eradicating the previous meanings and uses of these places that had sustained indigenous cultures for centuries.

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Evolution of the National Park Idea

Evolution of the National Park Idea

byThomas S. Bremer

Tracing the historical origins of the national park idea can be frustrating. In truth, no single individual can take credit for the idea of national parks.

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